On Twitter, Nintendo revealed the game, which is a re-imagining of Metroid II: Return of Samus, is coming on September 15 for the 3DS.

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Revealed during the Nintendo Treehouse Live stream, MercurySteam, the team behind Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, was revealed as the developer of the game. Samus Returns will include free aiming.

Last year, Nintendo actually shut down a Metroid 2 fan remake, AM2R, after the fan-made project had been released on PC. A Nintendo representative told IGN at the time "...just as Nintendo respects the intellectual property rights of others, we must also protect our own characters, trademarks and other content. The unapproved use of Nintendo’s intellectual property can weaken our ability to protect and preserve it, or to possibly use it for new projects."

"...Let's see where we are a year from now," said to IGN regarding both the Metroid franchise and Mother 3.

Earlier this year, Nintendo previewed a host of upcoming Nintendo 3DS games through this year and beyond. During an April Nintendo Direct, Nintendo announced three 3DS games, one of which became available that day.